Transparency.



LI E. GIROUX.

TRANSPARENCY; APPLICATION FILED 1211.21, 1911.

1,014,460. Patented 13119, 1912.' 1

WITNESSES.-

A T T ORNE Y5.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS F. GIROUX, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.-

TRANSPARENCY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs F. GIRoUX, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Transparency, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coverings, screens, shades andthe like, which may be classed generally as transparencies and which areadapted particularly for lamps or lanterns, but may be applied to otheruses, and resides in the peculiar construction of the transparency, ashereinafter set forth.

The object of my invention is to produce a highly serviceabletransparency especially designed for surrounding, screening, orinclosing a flame used for illuminating purposes, and which at the sametime presents an artistic efiect, such transparency being made in asimple manner of comparatively inexpensive materials, which are readilycombined in an almost endless variety of shapes and designs, and whichcan be easily repaired or replaced in the event of breakage or otherinjury.

Although the transparency is especially applicable as a lamp or lanternshade, the same as already intimated might be employed in othercapacities, particularly where ornamentation and the passage of naturalor artificial light are desired factors.

The light enhances the ornamental effect of the transparency, andlargely on this account the transparency is useful for screens atwindows and for other more or less analogous purposes.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

A preferred form or embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and I will proceed to describe the invention inrelation to such drawings, although it is to be understood that theparts may be varied, modified and changed to a greater or less extent inmatters of form or shape, size, construction and arrangement, some orall of these, without departure from the spirit of the invention.

More or less changes will be necessarily involved in lamp-shadeconstruction alone,

also when the invention is applied to other uses.

In the drawings, in which similar figures refer to similar partsthroughout the several Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 21, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Serial No. 622,623.

views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sus-' pended gas lamp wit-hwhich my invention is embodied; Fig. 2, a detail in partial section ofthat portion of said lamp which includes my invention; Fig. 3, anenlarged detail in section showing more clearly the manner in which thebead ornaments are at tached to the foraminous groundwork; Fig.

4, a similar detail showing how the large ornaments are attached, and,Fig. 5, still another detail illustrating the manner of construction.

As a cheap, simple and convenient means for producing this transparencyI prefer to employ a foraminous groundwork, background or backing ofwoven-wire or netting,

made'of glass and are translucent if not transparent.

In the drawings, a siding or backing of netting or woven-wire isrepresented at 1, glass ornaments at 2 and 3, and a suitable supportingframe comprising an annular band 4 at the top and a ring 5 at thebottom, both secured to and connected by a plurality of side pieces 6.The ornaments 2 are beads and they are attached to the foraminousbacking 1 either by headed fasteners or wires, as clearly shown in Figs.3 and 5, one of such fasteners appearing at 7 in the former view, andone of such wires at 8 in the latter view. The fasteners 7 pass throughthe beads and the backing and have their inner terminals bent intoengagement with the back side of such backing. The wires 8, which arefasteners as well as the members 7, have the beads strung thereon, andsaid wires have their terminals inserted in the backing and bent intoengagement therewith in very much the same manner as do said members 7.Each of the orna-- ments 3 has a fastener 9 securely attached to theback thereof and arranged and adapted to have its protruding portion orportions passed through the backing 1 and turned at right-angles againstsuch backing, as best shown in Fig. 3. Thus it is seen that the backing1 constitutes a skeleton or groundwork for the ornaments 2 and 3,

and that the latter can be attached to such groundwork at any and allpoints, wherefore it is possible to cover practically the entire surfaceof the same and also to delineate thereon any desired design. Thepossibilities thus inferentially brought to view and suggested areobviously very great indeed.

The upper edge of the siding or backing 1, above the ornaments 2 and 3,is bent-over the band 4, as shown at 10, in Fig. 2, and from said bandsaid backing hangs down with its bottom edge on the ring 5. Owing to'theweight of the backing when studded with ornaments it is not necessary asa usual thing to fasten it at the bottom, nor to secure-said backing atthe top otherwise than by suspending it on the band 3, in the mannerjust explained. Any suitable fastening means may, however, be employedfor the backing or for the backing sections described below, that aredeemed necessary or desirable in order to insure stableness on the partof the backing relative to the frame supporting the same.

Sections such as those above alluded to appear at 11 in the first view,there being four of such sections in the present case. Each of thesesections consists merely of a piece of the ornament-studded backing of asize suit-able to be received between two adjacent side pieces 6 at the'top and to meet the adjoining sectlons, as on lines 12, behind orinside of those portions of said side pieces that are curved outwardly.A complete hollow cylinder is thus formed of the sections 11 and theside pieces 6, the latter, however, forming but inconsequential portionsof said cylinder. By thus dividing the ornamentstudded backing intosections, provision is made for conveniently constructing and readilyassembling the several elements that enter into the ensemble of theshade or transparency, also for dismantling to make repairs shouldoccasion require, hence the importance and value of this feature of myinvention. In a word, the section-a1 construction greatly enhances theease and facility with which the transparency can be handled.

As illustrated in connect-ion herewith, the

side pieces 6 are supported by brackets 13 from a collar lt on avertical gas pipe 15, the latter carrying a burner (not shown) withinthe shade made up of the sections 11 and the frame therefor. The lightfrom the gas burned at the aforesaid burner radiates through and aroundthe ornaments 2 and 3 and gives a very pleasing effect.

The fasteners for the ornaments in all cases should be of a nature whichwill enable them to be easily and quickly engaged with or attached tothe foraminous groundwork.

It will be seen that by the employment of woven-wire I am enabled tochange the shape of the backing to suit a great variety of frames, asthe woven-wire backing may be bent in various directions and may bedistorted from its normal shape, both longitudinally and laterally,without in any manner destroying its utility or afiecting its strength,so that lanterns, shades and transparencies of various shapes and stylesmay be made carrying elaborate ornamentation, the whole, however, beingat a trifling cost.

It will readily be seen that I am enabled to accomplish the desiredresult by the employment of woven-wire for the purpose herein explainedas a backing to carry the ornamentation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A suitable supporting frame, a wovenwire groundwork secured theretoand bent to conform to the frame, a plurality of ornaments mounted onthe wovenwire groundwork and fastening means in engagement with thegroundwork and the ornaments, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of a suitable supporting frame, a network backingcomprised of woven-wire secured to the frame by folding over the topportion thereof and bent to conform to the shape of the frame, and aplurality of transparent ornaments secured to the woven-wire backing,substantially as shown.

LOUIS F. GIROUX. Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER, A. C. FAIRBANKS.

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Washington, D. G.

